The life and work of Lloyd Allayre Loar
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The life and work of Lloyd Allayre Loar

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We are excited to announce the most definitive book on the life and work of heralded musician and acoustical engineer Lloyd Allayre Loar. The Life and work of Lloyd Allayre Loar begins with Loar's birth in Cropsey, Illinois, and explores his work as a young musician, his relationship with Sally Fisher Shipp (Lloyd's first wife), his time overseas supporting the American Expeditionary Forces during WWI, his work at Gibson including the development of the F5, H5, K5, and L5 Master Model instruments and the Mastertone banjos, why and when Lloyd left Gibson, his employment at Jacobs Publishing as a music magazine editor, Lloyd's professorship at Northwestern University, the development and demise of his ViVi-Tone product line, memories shared by Lloyd's second wife Bertha, Loar's consulting projects with other instrument manufacturers, his method books and musical scores, his involvement with the Virzi Tone Producer, the amazing discovery of Loar's personal instruments, his patents, and mu

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